Deal #6070 Version 74862 Version 74864
Comment on investment chain
SARCO is a joint venture between China Nonferrous Metals International Mining Company (CNMIM) and the Australian Ord River Resources Corporation (now Vango Mining Ltd.) .
SARCO is a joint venture between China Nonferrous Metals International Mining Company (CNMIM) for 51% interest and the Australian Ord River Resources Corporation (now Vango Mining Ltd.) for 49% interest.
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
data sources mentioned there were land conflicts
Comment on displacement of people
data sources mentioned locals were relocated but it was not specified where the relocation site is or if it materialized
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Cultural loss, Displacement
Former land owner
Private (smallholders)
Comment on former land owner
Coffee farmers
Former land use
Smallholder agriculture, Conservation
Comment on former land use
smallholding coffee production, rice, tea, cabbage, cardamom The mining area encroached a protected area
Mineral resources area/yield/export
  • Bauxite [current]
  • Bauxite
  • Bauxite [2008, current]

Data source #tZ9R4n3P

Publication title
Bolaven Plateau Bauxite Project

Data source #G2UsPVT_

File
Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Url
Keep PDF not public
No
Publication title
Coffee, mines and dams: conflicts over land in the Bolaven Plateau, southern Lao PDR
Date
2012-09-17
Comment on data source
Land conflict/land grabbing over Bolaven Plateau; relocation of smallholding coffee farmers; poor enforcement of property rights; corruption; land use for mining, crop export, and hydroelectric dams